Claiming back tax

LondonGirl08

Hey,

I've basically got a bit of back tax owed to me. I was working during the summer as a student on PAYE and they basically charged me lots of tax and NI. Also when I was still "technically" a student I took on a months work and was charged tax for that.

Then when I started my first full time job I didn't get taxed anything (as I was in credit). I don't even know where to begin reclaiming tax and in particular as I don't have any P45s or payslips (I was young, naive and without a decent filing system). I have tried calling my tax office but I keep being transferred to Scotland (I live in London). How do I go about reclaiming my tax?

LondonGirl08

jimmo wrote: »

First of all take a look here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1195355
Can you claim anything is different in your case?
If your student work was with Tesco, ASDA etc you can piece bits and pieces together.and get somewhere.

Oooh that's very useful. Luckily I was working for two big companies - AEG and the BBC. I found one payslip from AEG, they made an eff up with my wage in the first month and then they rolled it over to the next so I was taxed at a higher rate as well I think.

I just found one from the BBC as well saved in my computer, however this is a bit of a grey area for me as I was still a student but I was working full time (during my dissertation period). I read somewhere you could work full-time during summer but not during term time. Not sure what this entails?

fengirl_2

HMRC are not bothered about whether you were a student or not. All they look at is your total income for the year. If you have paid too much tax, you get it back.
Simply write to your tax office giving them as much info as you can about all your jobs, periods of JSA claim and anything else so they have a full picture of your year's income and ask them to check for a refund.

Mi_bargains

Hi LondonGirl08, your tax office is always based on your current employer (it does not make a difference where you live).

The reason why the tax office keep transferring you is because their software is ancient and if your records are not with that tax office they can only access certain information and cannot write anything to your record. They like to write a note everytime you call them and they cannot do this if your record is not with them, this is why they keep transferring you.

You need to call your current employers tax office (details should be on your payslip, if not speak to the personnel dept - they will have the tax office number) and sort this out with them, send any details and the refund request to them otherwise it will more than likely get "lost".